Highlighted Conference Presentations

Keynote Addresses

Albers, P. & Harste, J. C. (2006). Reading art, reading lives: Connecting art to literacy. Keynote address and workshop. Child-based Experience-Centered Learning (CEL). Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. (2006). The arts, literacy and instruction. Invited keynote address and workshop on differentiated instruction and the arts for K-8 arts, music, drama, special needs, and physical education teachers. Ohio Public Schools, Columbus, OH. (Cross-listed under  Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. (2005). The arts on my mind. Keynote address and workshop presented at the Seven Oaks Division Professional Development Conference, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. (2005). For love of the mud: (Re)Marks of a potter. Invited keynote address presented at the Jerome C. Harste/Carolyn Burke Conference, Bloomington, IN. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).
 
Albers, P. (2004). NCTE: Building professional relationships. Invited closing keynote address. Florida Council of Teachers of English, Orlando, FL. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. & Egawa, K. (2004). Multimodal inquiry-based curriculum. Invited keynote address and workshop.  Bloomington Teachers Apply Whole Language Annual Conference, Bloomington, IN. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. (2004). Social semiotics. Invited keynote address and two-day workshop. Fresno Pacific University, Fresno, CA. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Albers, P. & Egawa, K. (2004). Can’t sing the same song twice: Designing multimodal, inquiry-based K-12 curriculum. Invited keynote address and workshop. Hawaii Council of Teachers of English, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Cross-listed under Honors, Awards, and Distinctions).

Presentations

Albers, P., Frederick, T., & Thompson, C. (2008, under review). “We teach who we are”: A study of two Latino teachers, their reflective practices, and their literacy work with struggling Latino students. National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.

Albers, P., Frederick, T., & Harste, J.C. (2008, under review). Literacy (re)marks: A study of seven teachers’ visual texts across time. National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.
 
Leland, C.H., Ociepka, A., Lewison, M., Heffernan, L., Harste, J.C., Vander Zanden, S., Felderman, C., & Albers, P. (2008, under review). Responding critically to popular culture: Taking a projective stance. National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.

Martens, P., Martens, R., Albers, P. (2008, under review). Children's understandings of and experiences with art techniques, and their reading and comprehension. National Reading Conference, Orlando, FL.

Albers, P., Frederick, T., & Thompson, C. (2008, under review). Latino teachers and their literacy work with struggling Latino students. National Council of Teachers of English, San Antonio, TX.

Harste, J.C., Albers, P, Vasquez, V., Bilodeau, A. (2008). Using technology and the arts to create critical classrooms. Whole Language Umbrella Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ.

Lewison, M., Leland, C., Harste, J.C., & Albers, P. (2008). Rethinking literacy curricula for children of the new media age. World Congress on Reading, San José, Costa Rica.

Harste, J.C. & Albers, P. (2007). Analyzing the impact of ads on constructions of meaning. National Reading Conference, Austin, TX. 

Harste, J. C., Albers, P., Felderman, C., Vander-Zanden, S., White, C., & van de Kluet, G. (2007).  Unpacking advertisements.  Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, New York.

Albers, P. (2007). The arts and literacy. Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English, New York, New York.

Cowan, K., Harste, J.C., Frederick, T., & Albers, P. (2007). What difference do the arts make in literacy learning? International Reading Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA.